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    I haven't read anything in a while, too depressed. I need to find something to get me interested again.
    Might I suggest something light, like Discworld.
    Either that or a good SSRI. :-)
    Been there, done that. I prefer the "pams" ya know like Diazepam, Lorazepam, Clonazepam. In moderation of course. Perhaps usage has been a bit more frequent since November. It's a good thing I can't drink alcohol (health reasons), otherwise, I really would be in trouble!

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    I haven't read anything in a while, too depressed. I need to find something to get me interested again.
    Might I suggest something light, like Discworld.
    Haven't heard of it, I will check into it. I've never read any Prachett before.
    I did just pick up the latest JCO from the library the other day. It's a 14 day loaner. Hopefully I can make it through it on time. Certainly not light subject matter. Nothing she does it but gosh I just love her.
    If you do go with Discworld I don't recommend starting with The Colour of Magic. I tried starting there and made it through about 3/4 of the book and put it down. With that said if you were/ are a D&D guy or high fantasy guy you may get the satire in it but being neither of those I appreciated it but didn't find it as funny as I should. There are multiple entrances into Discworld and really all you need from Colour is the prologue that lays out the world for you.

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    I haven't read anything in a while, too depressed. I need to find something to get me interested again.
    Might I suggest something light, like Discworld.
    Haven't heard of it, I will check into it. I've never read any Prachett before.
    I did just pick up the latest JCO from the library the other day. It's a 14 day loaner. Hopefully I can make it through it on time. Certainly not light subject matter. Nothing she does it but gosh I just love her.
    If you do go with Discworld I don't recommend starting with The Colour of Magic. I tried starting there and made it through about 3/4 of the book and put it down. With that said if you were/ are a D&D guy or high fantasy guy you may get the satire in it but being neither of those I appreciated it but didn't find it as funny as I should. There are multiple entrances into Discworld and really all you need from Colour is the prologue that lays out the world for you.
    I'm getting more intrigued by the minute....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Girlystevedave View Post
    Started Robert McCammon's Boy's Life last night.
    I've had it on my to-read list since someone around here suggested it and finally decided to give it a go. I really enjoy McCammon's writing style so far. It has a great flow to it.
    This is one of my top favorites! McCammon is unfortunately underrated. He does have a King like quality to his prose. I know the two and some of the stories have been compared quite a bit. Like you said, the 'flow' of it is great, very natural. His dialogue is real and not choppy and he creates a hypnotic interiority, as though you are seeing what is going on through dialogue versus reading it. Something that is very VERY tough to pull off. King is the Master at it and I'd say McCammon is right around there with him when it comes to that. Enjoy the read!
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    I haven't read anything in a while, too depressed. I need to find something to get me interested again.
    Might I suggest something light, like Discworld.
    Haven't heard of it, I will check into it. I've never read any Prachett before.
    I did just pick up the latest JCO from the library the other day. It's a 14 day loaner. Hopefully I can make it through it on time. Certainly not light subject matter. Nothing she does it but gosh I just love her.
    If you do go with Discworld I don't recommend starting with The Colour of Magic. I tried starting there and made it through about 3/4 of the book and put it down. With that said if you were/ are a D&D guy or high fantasy guy you may get the satire in it but being neither of those I appreciated it but didn't find it as funny as I should. There are multiple entrances into Discworld and really all you need from Colour is the prologue that lays out the world for you.
    I'm getting more intrigued by the minute....
    You don't really need to be a D&D guy, I wasn't. And it was funny as hell. But I may have a weird sense of humor.

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    Started Robert McCammon's Boy's Life last night.
    I've had it on my to-read list since someone around here suggested it and finally decided to give it a go. I really enjoy McCammon's writing style so far. It has a great flow to it.
    One of my favorites
    I won't be surprised if it ends up being one of my favorites just going off my feelings toward it by page 30.

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    Started Robert McCammon's Boy's Life last night.
    I've had it on my to-read list since someone around here suggested it and finally decided to give it a go. I really enjoy McCammon's writing style so far. It has a great flow to it.
    This is one of my top favorites! McCammon is unfortunately underrated. He does have a King like quality to his prose. I know the two and some of the stories have been compared quite a bit. Like you said, the 'flow' of it is great, very natural. His dialogue is real and not choppy and he creates a hypnotic interiority, as though you are seeing what is going on through dialogue versus reading it. Something that is very VERY tough to pull off. King is the Master at it and I'd say McCammon is right around there with him when it comes to that. Enjoy the read!
    Yes, it has a very comfortable feeling to it like King's style. It's not often you come across a story that feels so easy to sink into. I like when a story begins with a brief, yet effective set-up for the world I'm about to explore, then says "now let's go on this journey". I can see that McCammon is very good at pulling that off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Girlystevedave View Post
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    Started Robert McCammon's Boy's Life last night.
    I've had it on my to-read list since someone around here suggested it and finally decided to give it a go. I really enjoy McCammon's writing style so far. It has a great flow to it.
    One of my favorites
    I won't be surprised if it ends up being one of my favorites just going off my feelings toward it by page 30.

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    Started Robert McCammon's Boy's Life last night.
    I've had it on my to-read list since someone around here suggested it and finally decided to give it a go. I really enjoy McCammon's writing style so far. It has a great flow to it.
    This is one of my top favorites! McCammon is unfortunately underrated. He does have a King like quality to his prose. I know the two and some of the stories have been compared quite a bit. Like you said, the 'flow' of it is great, very natural. His dialogue is real and not choppy and he creates a hypnotic interiority, as though you are seeing what is going on through dialogue versus reading it. Something that is very VERY tough to pull off. King is the Master at it and I'd say McCammon is right around there with him when it comes to that. Enjoy the read!
    Yes, it has a very comfortable feeling to it like King's style. It's not often you come across a story that feels so easy to sink into. I like when a story begins with a brief, yet effective set-up for the world I'm about to explore, then says "now let's go on this journey". I can see that McCammon is very good at pulling that off.
    It's because of 'Boy's Life' that I started collecting McCammon. It also was what jolted me back into writing. That short introduction and how he talked about being young and exploring the world. Basically setting your imagination free of the adult walls of which we've built as we age. It's something, we start to lose that explorative imagination, maybe not all, but some. That is what is so incredible about reading and writing! This book, in particular, made me smile so much and miss being a kid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TravelinJack View Post

    It's because of 'Boy's Life' that I started collecting McCammon. It also was what jolted me back into writing. That short introduction and how he talked about being young and exploring the world. Basically setting your imagination free of the adult walls of which we've built as we age. It's something, we start to lose that explorative imagination, maybe not all, but some. That is what is so incredible about reading and writing! This book, in particular, made me smile so much and miss being a kid.
    Yes! That introduction about being young was amazing. I had actually written something very similar recently, touching on how the magic slips through our fingers, so reading that in someone else's words was awesome. It's a hard truth that we don't always stop and think on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Girlystevedave View Post

    Yes! That introduction about being young was amazing. I had actually written something very similar recently, touching on how the magic slips through our fingers, so reading that in someone else's words was awesome. It's a hard truth that we don't always stop and think on.
    Amen!
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    I can finally focus on finishing The Best of Gene Wolfe now that I'm done with The Best of Gregory Benford. This seems to be the year of Best Of books for me and they're all door stoppers.

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    Damnit, I just finished Boy's Life and I want to crawl into a hole to process all my emotions. What a fantastic book.

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    Recently finished I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes. Although Hayes is a veteran of film and TV writing, this was his first novel. Basically, this is a "thriller," with all of what that implies - pretty good action, kept things moving, with interesting characters, situations and events. If you think you smell a "but" coming, you're right, but it's not one I blame on Hayes - I think it's just me.

    As was the case with Tom Clancy's Executive Orders (another "thriller," which I read around 2 years ago), the action and characters were interesting enough to keep me reading and entertain me (I did enjoy them), but ultimately they were shallow reading experiences for me which left me feeling that I'd like to read more by the author, but I felt no real hurry about doing so.

    I think, to me, this type of book always goes one way - no matter how horrible the problem, it will be resolved; what's done is always undone. Which is not to say there aren't permanent consequences (and I admit this is a real oversimplification and generalization of what these books do), but one problem with large-scope plots is that there's only so much about the world most authors will change (unless we're talking apocalyptic works, a different beast altogether).

    Anyway - if you like thrillers, you should give this a shot, and if I've discouraged anyone from reading this, that was not my intent (please immediately read a positive review of the book to wash this one out of your mind, and reset!).
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    Recently started The Routledge Atlas Of The Second World War by Martin Gilbert (now on p 36 and going well).

    Yes, it is an atlas, but one you can just pick up and read (if you are so inclined) as the maps contain explanatory text, and there are an introduction and epilogue. For those who are read up on WWII, this makes a fine reference companion to have on hand.

    I'm reading it now in preparation of what I will read next: Churchill's 6-volume The Second World War. My copy is the delicious Folio Society edition - "lust" is a strong word, but man, let's just say I'm really ready for these babies (take a gander: http://www.churchillbooks.com/detail...mNumber=200911 and https://www.amazon.com/Second-World-.../dp/B000NK98XW).

    A few words about who is behind this:

    Routledge is a publisher of many reference works (some visible at www.routledgehandbooks.com); I have my eye on The Routledge Atlas Of The First World War, The Routledge Atlas Of The Arab-Israeli Conflict, and The Routledge Atlas Of Russian History.

    Martin Gilbert was a respected historian, among whose most notable works were the last 6 volumes of an 8-volume biography of Winston Churchill that had been begun by Randolph Churchill (the Prime Minister's son); details and info at http://www.martingilbert.com.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Girlystevedave View Post
    Damnit, I just finished Boy's Life and I want to crawl into a hole to process all my emotions. What a fantastic book.
    Glad you enjoyed this. McCammon is a master.
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    Damnit, I just finished Boy's Life and I want to crawl into a hole to process all my emotions. What a fantastic book.
    Glad you enjoyed this. McCammon is a master.
    I want to read everything he's done now! I loved the book so much halfway in that I went ahead and bought two of his other books to have on hand. I really really want to jump into one, but I feel like I'm still recovering from Boy's Life.

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    Damnit, I just finished Boy's Life and I want to crawl into a hole to process all my emotions. What a fantastic book.
    Glad you enjoyed this. McCammon is a master.
    I want to read everything he's done now! I loved the book so much halfway in that I went ahead and bought two of his other books to have on hand. I really really want to jump into one, but I feel like I'm still recovering from Boy's Life.
    Funny, that's how it started for me as well. He really is a masterful writer on many levels. If you are ready for a big read, Swan Song is considered one of his epic novels.

    Which two did you pick up?
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    I really do want to read Swan Song. Everything I read about it reminds me of The Stand and being someone who really wasn't all that swept away by The Stand (I know, a real shame considering I'm such a huge King fan), I'm really curious to see how McCammon handles that type of huge, sprawling epic novel.

    As far as the two books I picked up - one of them was The Wolf's Hour, but I can't recall what the other one was.

    *Oh my gosh, I just looked up Swan Song and see that its page count is pretty much doble what Boy's Life is. I can't wait to get to it when the time is right!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Girlystevedave View Post
    I really do want to read Swan Song. Everything I read about it reminds me of The Stand and being someone who really wasn't all that swept away by The Stand (I know, a real shame considering I'm such a huge King fan), I'm really curious to see how McCammon handles that type of huge, sprawling epic novel.

    As far as the two books I picked up - one of them was The Wolf's Hour, but I can't recall what the other one was.

    *Oh my gosh, I just looked up Swan Song and see that its page count is pretty much doble what Boy's Life is. I can't wait to get to it when the time is right!
    I am putting Boys Life on my to read list this year. Anyone wanna mail me a reader????

    I have to say I was not happy with Swan Song... OR better... not as happy as I wanted to be. It was good... but I think it could have been so much better. I give it a solid 6.5/10
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    Boys Life has been on my too-read list for quite awhile now. But I already have a series of books lined up

    Currently reading Haven by Tom Deady, and then I'm going to start my re-read of It any day for our upcoming book club. And then I had planned to re-read Summer of Night after since it's in the same vein as these too. Maybe I'll add it on after that
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    Currently reading The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heather19 View Post
    Boys Life has been on my too-read list for quite awhile now. But I already have a series of books lined up
    It's so easy to let that list build and build. Heck, I have so many books on my shelf just waiting to be read, yet I'm browsing Goodreads every day so I can find books to add to my to-read list.

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    I have to say I was not happy with Swan Song... OR better... not as happy as I wanted to be. It was good... but I think it could have been so much better. I give it a solid 6.5/10
    I felt the same way. I enjoyed it, but I don't really remember it really grabbing me.

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    Currently reading The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.
    I read that one a few years back for my dystopian lit. class. It's an interesting idea to have each chapter about different people (all revolving around Mars), but I remember being disappointed that we wouldn't be following the same group for the whole book. It didn't give me that "gotta read the next chapter now!" feeling.

    Quote Originally Posted by Girlystevedave View Post
    It's so easy to let that list build and build. Heck, I have so many books on my shelf just waiting to be read
    Me too, and I'm not sure if it's overwhelming or exciting.
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    Currently reading The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.
    I read that one a few years back for my dystopian lit. class. It's an interesting idea to have each chapter about different people (all revolving around Mars), but I remember being disappointed that we wouldn't be following the same group for the whole book. It didn't give me that "gotta read the next chapter now!" feeling.

    Quote Originally Posted by Girlystevedave View Post
    It's so easy to let that list build and build. Heck, I have so many books on my shelf just waiting to be read
    Me too, and I'm not sure if it's overwhelming or exciting.
    I only grabbed The Martian Chronicles off my shelf this morning because I needed to have an emergency book with me and it was the smallest book I could find.


    And the growing to-read list is definitely exciting AND overwhelming. haha

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    Quote Originally Posted by Girlystevedave View Post
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    Boys Life has been on my too-read list for quite awhile now. But I already have a series of books lined up
    It's so easy to let that list build and build. Heck, I have so many books on my shelf just waiting to be read, yet I'm browsing Goodreads every day so I can find books to add to my to-read list.
    I do the same thing. Plus our library just had a huge sale and I walked away with 8 books. Not sure if or when I'll ever get to them I joined a local Stephen King bookclub so I've been re-reading a ton of King lately, but I've been trying to squeeze in another book in between those.
    Only the gentle are ever really strong.

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